“The Garden Party” by Mauve Binchy

Recommended Vocabulary List

p.10 weeding (to weed)
to trim the edges/hedges
to need smth. badly (to be badly in need of smth)
to face smth.
p.11 a change of heart (to change one’s heart)
to be given to smth./ to doing smth
to alienate
to cry on smb’s shoulder
consolation
with rage
languid
p.12 to be gone
to probe a sore tooth
p.13 to burst into tears/ laughter /applause/ song/ fire
It’s no use + V-ing
to be matter of fact
to write smth/ smb off
to stick to smb. like a limpet
p.14 to flourish
to speak smb’s name
to have no time or inclination to do smth.
p.15 out of spite
vengeance (on/ upon smb)
p. 16 desperation (desperate)
deviousness (devious)

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Exercise 1. Translate into English using the words and expressions from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. Він був людиною не надто схильною до співчуття. 2. Квартира
терміново потребує ремонту. 3. Вона гнівно гримнула дверима. 4. У мене
немає ні часу, ні бажання прополювати бур’яни чи підрізати кущі. 5. „Він
пішов, і ти повинна викреслити його зі свого життя”. 6. Анна не розмовляла з
ним зі злості. 7. Хоча зазвичай вона апатична, його сухий тон довів її до сліз.
8. Немає змісту прикидатись, твоя нечесна поведінка усім відома. 9. Не ятри
мені рани, навіть не згадуй його імені. 10. Його бізнес процвітав, проте він
все більше віддалявся від своєї родини.

Exercise 2. Paraphrase the sentences using the recommended vocabulary list:

1. The audience started applauding wildly. 2. The children were a great
comfort to him when his wife died. 3. ‘Is Tom here?’ ‘No, he had left before I
arrived’. 4. Dan did not want to get married but recently he’s changed his mind. 5.
These plants grow well in a damp climate. 6. His face was dark with anger. 7. It’s
not always easy to accept the truth. 8. She insists on staying with him and refuses
to leave him. 9. He got rich by deceitful means. 10. In despair, she called Peter and
asked for her help.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian the following sentences. Refer to the text
if necessary:
1. …they were so complete in themselves they didn’t need anyone else in
their lives. 2. Friends preferred to think that you were coping, or trying to cope.
Then they were supportive and practical and around. 3. Friends could disappear
into the woodwork if you cried on their shoulders as much as you wanted. 4. …two
girls came in. One about sixteen, dark and attractive; one about six, a moppet with
blonde curls. 5. The afternoon wore on. 6. ‘I love Granny coming, we’ll be making
gingerbread and fudge tomorrow if you want to drop in.’ 7. Stick to him like a

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limpet, take over his life. 8. ‘…if you’re over him why don’t you bow out? Live
your own life?’ 9. ‘…it’s not as if they were a ready-made family. There’s only a
bump, and an awful nineteen-year-old, and he doesn’t have a mother, and the cat
thing wouldn’t work.’ 10. ... get out of his orbit completely. 11. ‘I haven’t decided
which road to choose; whether to worm my way back into Harry’s life or not.’

Exercise 4. Find the adjectives used with the following nouns:

……….….. flowerbeds; ……….., …………., ………….., ………….,
………….. cats; ………… creatures; ………….. business; ……………….. skirt;
……………., ………….. family.

Exercise 5. Find in the text the words similar in meaning to the following:
Nouns: revenge, tendency, anger, hopelessness, comfort.
Verbs: to collect (children from school), to leave, to separate, to confront, to grow
well, to dismiss.
Adjectives: easy-going, unenergetic, rare breed (cats), terrifying, substitute
(family).
Expressions: out of malice, to be straightforward, to be prone to, to weep, a change
of attitude.

Exercise 6. Fill in the sentences with correct prepositions or adverbs:

1. …she knew the new woman was allergic ____ cats. 2. …Debbie kept
them (two pedigree kittens) ____ loan for Tina. 3. Debbie picked ___ his children
from school. 4. “…I’m like some kind of angel compared ___ the new woman”. 5.
“I only organized them (kittens) ____ ___ spite, but I love them now”. 6. “You’ll
still need to unpack and clear ___ that messy garden”, Debbie said. 7. It was good
to have such solidarity established ___ a summer evening. 8. …they were not a
family given ___ writing or long telephone calls. 9. “I can’t write it ___, start
again”. 10. Her sisters wrote and said she would find great consolation ___ digging
the earth and planting and seeing the things grow.

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“Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton

Recommended Vocabulary List

p. 19 to keep a watchful eye on smb/smth
p. 20 with a tinge of embarrassment/sadness/worry/regret etc
to murmur smth
p. 21 to scatter
derelict
p. 22 to be welcome/unwelcome
to be out of place
to come to the conclusion
p. 23 for a change
p. 24 unbearable
to mother smb
p. 25 to hasten to do something
p. 26 to brood on/over/about
it's/that's all very well, but ...
p. 27 to give a hardly audible/faint/nervous/short/amused/humourless etc laugh
with a touch of asperity/irritation/sarcasm etc
p. 28 eligible bachelor/young man/woman etc
to be in smb’s way
prophetic
p. 29 to falter (out)
p. 30 prudent
panic-stricken
to steady oneself
p. 31 to inflict something on/upon somebody
p. 33 to do smth out of pique/spite etc

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Exercise 1. Review the list of words and expressions. Translate the following
sentences into English:
1. Бренда до всіх ставиться по-материнському. 2. Лоренс є найбільш
бажаним холостяком у місті. 3. Солдати застосували сльозоточивий газ, щоб
розігнати натовп. 4. Чому б тобі не зайнятися чимось іншим для
різноманітності? 5. Барт дотягнувся до крісла, щоб обпертися і не впасти. 6.
Фред промимрив вибачення і поспішив вийти з кімнати. 7. У голосі
Маргарити звучав відтінок суму. 8. Джім мав таке відчуття, що не був
бажаним гостем. 9. Це, звичайно, дуже добре, що лікар каже мені відпочити,
але хто догляне моїх дітей? 10. Спочатку Ненсі мовчала, а потім ледве чутно
засміялася. 11. На дорозі стояла велика вантажівка, що перешкоджала
вуличному руху. 12. Страйки завдали серйозної шкоди економіці. 13. Без
нього моє життя було б нестерпним. 14. Коли Сайлас запропонував Тесс
одружитися, вона відмовилася через своє ображене самолюбство. 15. Дитя
щось шепотіло уві сні. 16. Ти не можеш проводити весь час удома,
розмірковуючи про те, як Рудольф повівся з тобою. 17. Кухня була
бездоганно чистою, і все стояло на своїх місцях. 18. У центрі міста є
запущений будинок, який колись був школою. 19. Застереження Мередіт
виявилися пророчими. 20. Ольга прийшла до висновку, що Нет брехав. 21.
Через кілька секунд після вибуху вулиця наповнилася людьми, яких охопила
паніка. 22. Арчі видається дуже розсудливим.

Exercise 2. Replace the italicized words and phrases with the items from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. She cares for them as if she were their mother. 2. The demonstrators
suddenly turned and dispersed in all directions. 3. Time is precious enough,
without having to cope with unwanted visitors. 4. For the first time a hint of
tension had crept into their relationship. 5. I concluded that there was only one way
of tackling the problem. 6. Living conditions at the camp were intolerable. 7. He
warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children.

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Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the words and word
combinations in italics. Refer to the text if necessary.
1. At that point the turn of the stairs engulfed the dialogue. 2. “One never
knows,” she murmured. “The new system has certainly given us a good deal of
time to kill” 3. At its opposite extremity a few groups, detained by a lingering look
at the outspread city, were gathering up guidebooks and fumbling for tips. 4. She
smiled away her frown as the headwaiter retreated. 5. Mrs Slade and Mrs Ansley
had lived opposite each other – actually as well as figuratively – for years. 6. They
had run across each other in Rome, at the same hotel, each of them the modest
appendage of a salient daughter. 7. Generally the wives of celebrities are such
frumps. 8. In living up to such a husband all her faculties had been engaged. 9.
After a while Mrs Ansley ceased to fidget with her bag, and she too sank into
meditation. 10. Mrs Slade took sideway note of this activity, but her own
beautifully cared-for hands remained motionless on her knee. 11. That Campolieri
boy is one of the best matches in Rome. 12. Mrs Ansley’s hands lay inert across
her needles. 13. It was the moment when afternoon and evening hang balanced in
mid-heaven. 14. Perhaps you’ve forgotten what the letter said. 15. Mrs Ansley met
the challenge with an unexpected composure. 16. Mrs Ansley dropped back into a
chair. 17. The face uncovered was streaked with tears. 18. Mrs Ansley’s head
drooped again. 19. You must do me the justice to remember that I had no reason
to think you’d ever taken it seriously. 20. A stout lady in a dust coat suddenly
appeared, asking in broken Italian if anyone had seen the elastic band which held
together her tattered Baedeker. 21. And I remember laughing to myself all the
evening at the idea that you were waiting around there in the dark, dodging out of
sight, listening for every sound, trying to get in. 22. I oughtn’t to begrudge it to
you.
Exercise 4. Find the adjectives used with the following nouns:
…………., …………… approval, …………., …………., …………. voice,
…………. companion, …………… rebuke, ……………nose, ………….,

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…………… eyes, …………… laugh, …………… gesture (p. 20), ……………
scene (p. 21), …………… entertaining, …………… colleagues, ……………
business, …………… girl (p. 24), …………… audacities, …………… activities,
…………… friends (p. 25), …………… dangers (p. 26), …………… magic
(p. 28), …………… flower, …………… flowers, …………… laugh (p. 29),
…………… terrace (p. 33)

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs:

1. Mrs Slade drew her lids together _______ retrospect. 2. Suddenly the air
was full _______ that deep clangor of bells. 3. Mrs Slade glanced _______ her
wristwatch. 4. What different things Rome stands _______ _______each
generation of travelers. 5. Mrs Slade’s eyes rested _______ her _______ a
deepened attention. 6. She was simply absorbed _______ her work. 7. She knew
that Babs would almost certainly come back engaged _______ the extremely
eligible Campolieri. 8. Mrs Ansley’s face was streaked _______ tears. 9. I wanted
to get the whole thing _______ my mind. 10. You were married _______ Horace
Ansley two months afterwards. 11. Girls have such silly reasons _______ doing
the most serious things. 12. I was blind _______ rage. 13. I don’t know why you
should be sorry _______ me.

“The Legacy” by Virginia Woolf

Recommended Vocabulary List

p. 38 be like/unlike somebody to do something
to foresee smth/that/what/how etc
a token of consideration/affection/appreciation/friendship/respect etc
to give/let out a little/great/loud cry of delight/despair/pain/alarm etc
(nothing/no one/nowhere/anything/anyone/anywhere) in particular
bound in green leather

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to keep a diary
p. 39 to take it for granted (that)
p.40 to be lost in memories/thought/contemplation etc
p. 41 for smb’s/smth’s sake also for the sake of somebody/something
smb cannot help doing smth
at random
to take/throw/cast a sidelong/quick/disapproving etc glance at smb/smth
p. 42 to be eager to do smth
to speculate on/upon/as to/about (why/what etc)/that etc
to pluck up/summon/find the courage (to do smth)
p. 43 to banter (with) smb v to engage in friendly/good-natured/easy/idle banter n
to have a heated/big/little/terrible etc argument about smth/between
smb/with smb
p. 45 to have the courage to do smth
to clench one’s fists/ teeth/jaw etc

Exercise 1. Review the list of words and expressions. Translate the following
sentences into English.
1. Мартін стиснув кулаки, але нічого не сказав. 2. Софі почала вести
щоденник, коли їй було тринадцять років. 3. Десмонд вважав само собою
зрозумілим той факт, що він складе іспит. 4. Дейвід кохає Джулію, але не
може зібратися з духом, щоби попросити її руки. 5. Десять років тому
Стефені не могла б передбачити, що її шлюб закінчиться розлученням. 6. Вік
не міг не думати про минуле. 7. Чекаючи Сару, Джон взяв журнал, відкрив
навмання якусь сторінку й почав читати. 8. Я можу лише робити припущення
щодо результатів виборів. 9. Це саме те, чого від Стівена можна чекати. 10.
Ейлін прагнула взятися до роботи якомога швидше. 11. Ми з ним палко
сперечалися на тему політики. 12. Ми сподіваємося, що ви приймете цей
подарунок як маленький знак поваги. 13. Кароліна кілька хвилин сиділа,
поринувши в думки. 14. Він не міг знайти своєї записної книжки, оправленої

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шкірою. 15. Зробіть це заради Мері. 16. Камінь влучив Лестеру у чоло, і той
голосно викрикнув. 17. Я сподіваюся, що хлопчикові вистачить сміливості
зізнатися у брехні. 18. Я спостерігала, як хлопці вели жартівливу розмову з
дівчатами. 19. Пара за сусіднім столиком кидала погляди у наш бік.

Exercise 2. Replace the italicized words and phrases with the items from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. I can’t help but feel that there has been a mistake. 2. I tried to make myself
be brave enough to go out by myself. 3. It's typical of Ramon to waste time when
he knows we're already late. 4. I hope he's told the truth because it will be good for
him. 5. She shot a glance at the beribboned box on the dashboard. 6. Jones refused
to guess about what might happen, without knowing all the facts. 7. He’s really
keen to meet you. 8. Inge wrote in a diary during the war years. 9. Mary loves
most classical music, especially Bach and Vivaldi. 10. The gang picked their
victims without any definite plan. 11. Harry just stood there, deep in thought.

Exercise 3. Translate each sentence into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the words
and word combinations in italics. Refer to the text if necessary.
1. She had pounced upon the enamel dolphin one day in a back street in
Venice. 2. She had given him no chance to pull up. 3. Angela, with her genius for
sympathy, had discovered all sorts of qualities in Sissy Miller. 4. She was the soul
of discretion. 5. She sat there dabbing her eyes with her pocket handkerchief. 6. Her
eyes rested on the writing table behind him. 7. Angela had her share of the duties
that fall to the lot of a prominent politician’s wife. 8. He took her to mean that she
was in no need of financial assistance. 9. For the first time he was struck by the
expression, sympathetic yet searching, in his eyes. 10. Could it be, that during all
those years she had entertained a passion for him? 11. They had toured his
constituency. 12. Gilbert gave me a most interesting account of the history of
Venice. 13. She was so terribly ignorant, she used to say, as if that were not one of
her charms. 14. ‘How I wish,’ one entry read, ‘that Gilbert had a son!’ 15. But the

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game wasn’t over yet. 16. He cast his eyes rapidly over more pages, full of the little
trifles, the insignificant, happy daily trifles that had made up her life. 17. I let the
chance slip again. 18. Who was B. M.? he could not fill in the initials. 19. That note
of exclamation gave another twist to his mental picture. 20. He had no liking for this
particular specimen. 21. He said revolution was bound to come. 22. He could also
see him quite distinctly – a stubby little man, who had never done an honest day’s
work in his life. 23. He could not make out a single word. 24. The blood rushed to
Gilbert Clandon’s face. 25. Gilbert Clandon let the book slide to the floor. 26. ‘Sissy
Miller speaking’ – her voice at last answered him.

Exercise 4. Match the following definitions with the words from the boxes:
a) Nouns:
instant, reference, initials, tiff, inscription, gift, candour, attaché case, reflection,
trifles, legacy, gamble, coward, lot, quarrel

a piece of writing inscribed on a stone, in the front of a book etc…………………..

a present………………………………………………………………………...…...
an angry argument or disagreement…………………………………………………
a slight argument between friends or people who are in love ………………………
money or property that you receive from someone after they die………………….
a thin case used for carrying business documents…………………………………..
smb’s work, duties etc, especially when they could be better………………………
an image that you can see in a mirror, glass, or water………………………………
an action or plan that involves a risk but that you hope will succeed……….............
something unimportant or not valuable……………………………………………
someone who is not at all brave…………………………………………………….
part of something you say or write in which you mention a person or thing……….
the first letters of all your names in order……………………………………………
the quality of being honest and telling the truth, even when the truth may be
unpleasant or embarrassing …………………………………………………………

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a moment……………………………………………………………………………
b) Verbs:
to rejoin, to regret, to take down, to stride, to intrude, read on, to value, to share, to
gaze, to conceal, to dine out, to thunder, to put on, to blush, to escape, to murmur,
to hesitate

to have or use something with other people ………………………………………

to say something in a soft quiet voice that is difficult to hear clearly………………
to write down information…………………………………………………………
to think that someone or something is important……………………………………
to put a piece of clothing on your body……………………………………………
to interrupt someone or become involved in their private affairs in an annoying and
unwanted way………………………………………………………………………
to look at someone or something for a long time, giving it all your attention, often
without realizing you are doing so…………………………………………………
to continue to read…………………………………………………………………
to eat dinner in a restaurant or in someone else's house……………………………
to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it………
to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed……………………
to hide your real feelings or the truth………………………………………………
to pause before saying or doing something because you are nervous or not
sure…………………………………………………………………………………
to walk quickly with long steps……………………………………………………
to shout loudly and angrily…………………………………………………………
to go back to a group of people, organization etc that you were with before………
to get away from a place or dangerous situation when someone is trying to catch
you or stop you……………………………………………………………………
c) Adjectives:
ignorant, prominent, daily, incongruous, distinguished-looking, distressed,
inexplicable, cheap, trustworthy, terrific, scrappy, drab, idle, narrow-minded,

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stubby, insignificant, selfish, blank, agitated, violent, curious, natural, tame,
disagreeable, formidable

very upset ……………………………………………………………………………

not bright in colour, especially in a way that stops you from feeling cheerful……
someone who is ………………………………… can be trusted and depended on
normal and as you would expect…………………………………………………
important …………………………………………………………………………
strange, unexpected, or unsuitable in a particular situation…………………………
strange or unusual……………………………………………………………………
dressed in neat and attractive clothes that are worn by adults, not looking like a
young person………………………………………………………………………
very large in size or degree………………………………………………………
not knowing facts or information that you ought to know…………………………
very powerful or impressive, and often frightening…………………………………
untidy or badly organized……………………………………………………………
too small or unimportant to consider or worry about……………………………
happening or done every day……………………………………………………
caring only about yourself and not about other people……………………………
not working or producing anything………………………………………………
unwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas, opinions, or customs …
involving actions that are intended to injure or kill people, by hitting them,
shooting them etc……………………………………………………………………
used to describe a person who is willing to do what other people ask, even if it is
slightly dishonest ……………………………………………………………………
short and thick or fat…………………………………………………………………
not at all enjoyable or pleasant ……………………………………………………...
too unusual or strange to be explained or understood ………………………………
so nervous or upset that you are unable to keep still or think calmly ………………
without any writing, print, or recorded sound………………………………………

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not at all expensive, or lower in price than you
expected……………………………
d) Adverbs:
seldom, presumably, prettily, luckily, hastily, rapidly, apparently, distinctly, oddly
enough

according to the way someone looks or a situation appears, although you cannot be
sure………………………………………………………………………………..
very quickly and in a very short time……………………………………………
very rarely or almost never…………………………………………………………
in a pretty way……………………………………………………………………
clearly………………………………………………………………………………
fortunately……………………………………………………………………………
quickly, perhaps too quickly…………………………………………………………
used to say that you think something is probably true……………………………
used to say that something seems strange or surprising……………………………
e) Expressions:
to air ones views, to be in mourning, to shake hands with so, to turn a page, to be
in tears, to be gone

to be crying ………………………………………………………………………
to feel sadness and respect for someone who has died, and to show this by the way
you behave publicly, the clothes you wear etc …………………………………….
to be no longer in a particular place…………………………………………………
to move a page in a book over so that you can read the next page…………………
to move someone's hand up and down with your own hand as a greeting or as a
sign you have agreed something……………………………………………………
to express your opinions publicly……………………………………………………

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Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs:
1. How strange it was that she had left everything …….. such order. 2. She
had been ........ perfect health. 3. She had a passion …….. little boxes. 4. But she
had stepped straight …….. the kerb, the driver of the car had said …….. the
inquest. 5. She had been the greatest help …….. him in his career. 6. A brother,
…….. whom she was devoted, had died a week or two before Angela. 7. She was
gazing …….. the table, where she had sat …….. her typewriter. 8. For a moment,
…….. the threshold, she stopped. 9. A curious, perhaps a fantastic idea occurred
…….. him. 10. You are very attractive …….. women. 11. She had written it all out
…….. her schoolgirl hand. 12. He had become more and more absorbed …….. his
work. 13. He remembered how he hated the clothes she wore …….. those
occasions. 14. Some of the entries conveyed nothing …….. him. 15. Had she
called him B. M. …….. his face? 16. No answer …….. my letter.

“A Painful Case” by J. Joyce

Recommended Vocabulary List
p. 49 disruptive (emotions)
to be ruled by cold reason
an austere man
p. 50 to abhor
to betoken
p. 51 tawny (moustache)

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to give alms to beggars
to roam about (a place)
liking/ love/ distaste for smth/smb
p. 52 defiant (defiance)
to allude to smth (allusion)
p. 53 to be compelled to meet stealthily
incongruity (incongruous)
to entangle the thoughts
p. 54 a fervent nature
to bid smb goodbye
p. 55 a morsel of (food)
p. 56 deceased
to sustain injuries
to take precaution to prevent smth
p. 57 to be intemperate in one’s habits
to reason with smb
to express sympathy with smb
p. 58 to venture to do smth
p. 59 to feel ill at ease
bleak (alleys)
to outcast
ignominy

Exercise 1. Translate into English using the words and expressions from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. Пацієнт зазнав значних ушкоджень і потребує негайної операції. 2.
Вона була непомірною у звичках і рідко керувалася здоровим глуздом. 3.
Сувора зовнішність інколи приховує палку вдачу. 4. Він почував себе
незручно у діловому костюмі. 5. Мати намагалася вмовити свою доньку,
проте даремно. 6. Він завжди давав милостиню потребуючим, чим

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висловлював їм співчуття. 7. „Будете ще шматочок?” – ввічливо запитала
господиня. 8. Він знав покійного майже чотири роки. 9. Художник змалював
похмурий зимовий пейзаж. 10. Мати наважилася запитати учителя чи її син є
порушником дисципліни на уроках. 11. Він попрощався зі своїми друзями і
сів на літак. 12. Краще вмерти, ніж відчути ганьбу поразки. 13 На майбутнє
слід вжити заходів, щоб попередити ускладнення. 14. Чисте блакитне небо
сповіщає про гарний день. 15. Влада не любить відкритої непокори.

Exercise 2. Find in the recommended vocabulary list the words which mean:
1) strict and serious; 2) to hate, to detest (formal); 3) to mean, to promise (formal);
4) brownish-yellow; 5) to wander, to walk without an aim; 6) quietly and secretly;
7) a small amount of food; 8) to suffer an injury; 9) uncomfortable and
embarrassed; 10) disgrace, public shame; 11) to be brave enough to say something
(formal); 12) disobedient, insolent; 13) passionate, keen; 14) dead (formal); 15)
compassion; 16) unruly, troublemaking; 17) inappropriateness; 18) immoderate,
unbalanced; 19) to be forced; 20) empty, depressing; 21) to mention smth in an
indirect way, to hint (formal); 22) to detest; 23) a preventative measure.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian the following sentences (find in the

context if needed):
1. The books on the white wooden shelves were arranged from below
upwards according to bulk. 2. Mr Duffy abhorred anything which betokened
physical or mental disorder. 3. A medieval doctor would have called him
saturnine. 4. … a tawny moustache did not quite cover an unamiable mouth. 5. His
cheekbones also gave his face a harsh character; but there was no harshness in the
eyes which, looking at the world from under their tawny eyebrows, gave the
impression of a man ever alert to greet a redeeming instinct in others but often
disappointed. 6. He lived a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts
with doubtful side-glances. 7. His liking for Mozart’s music brought him
sometimes to an opera or a concert: these were the only dissipations of his life. 8.

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He had neither companions nor friends, church nor creed. 9. The house, thinly
peopled and silent, gave distressing prophecy of failure. 10. The eyes were dark
blue and steady. Their gaze began with a defiant note, but was confused by
somewhat a deliberate swoon of the pupil into the iris, revealing for an instant a
temperament of great sensibility. 11. … finding that they were compelled to meet
stealthily, he forced her to ask him to her house. 12. The workmen’s discussions …
were too timorous. 13. Not merely had she degraded herself; she had degraded
him. 14. Evidently she had been unfit to live, without any strength of purpose, an
easy prey to habits… 15. … he realized that she was dead, that she had ceased to
exist… 16. He felt his moral nature falling to pieces. 17. He gnawed the rectitude
of his life; he felt that he had been outcast from life’s feast. 18… he heard in his
ears the laborious drone of the engine reiterating the syllables of her name.

Exercise 4. Find in the story words synonymous to the verb die.

Study more words and phrases which express the same notion. Which of them
are formal, informal?
To die, to pass away, to pass on, to breathe your last (breath), to depart this
life, to go to meet your Maker, to give up the ghost, to kick the bucket, to drop
dead, to expire, to decease, to be no more, to close one’s eyes, to go the way of all
flesh, to bite the dust, to join the majority, to push up the daisies.

Exercise 5. Fill in the missing prepositions. Translate the sentences.

1. … life would be rather bleak if ruled ___ cold reason alone. 2. His
evenings were spent either before his landlady’s piano or roaming ____ the
outskirts of the city. 3. Mr. Duffy… had distaste ___ underhand ways. 4. She
alluded once or twice ___ her husband but her tone was not such as to make the
allusion a warning. 5. They agreed to break ___ their intercourse. 6. Mr. H. B.
Patterson Finlay, _________ the railway company, expressed his deep regret __
the accident. 7. She, witness, had often tried to reason ___her mother and induced
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___Captain Sinico and his daughter. 9. He began to feel ill ___ease. 10. No blame
attached ___anyone.

“The Kimono” by H. E. Bates

Recommended Vocabulary List

p. 63 a kimono
a chance encounter
p. 64 to be on the shortlist
to tremble with excitement/ fear
terrific
p. 65 wretched
p. 66 to get/ to have smth done (to get the nut fixed)
to tinker with smth
with smb’s tongue in smb’s cheek (with tongue in cheek)
not (be able to) take one’s eyes off smb/smth
p. 67 a tangled maze
p. 71 to fan oneself (a fan)
sulky
p.72 loose (to fall loose, to let loose, etc.)
p. 74 voluptuous odour
to hold smb tight
p. 75 conscience-stricken
reckless
p. 76 to talk smb round
at any rate
to undergo revolution/changes
p. 77 to be bound to (a bondage)
p. 81 to rob the till
p. 82 irrevocably (irrevocable)

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Exercise 1. Translate into English using the recommended vocabulary list:
1. Він не міг відвести погляду від її вечірньої сукні. 2. Подруга
переконала мене підстригтися. 3. Після нашої випадкової зустрічі я
почувався жахливо. 4. Необережне керування транспортним засобом
(Порушення правил дорожнього руху) є причиною багатьох аварій. 5. Новий
медичний препарат пройшов серйозні клінічні випробування. 6. Джек
неодмінно отримає цю посаду, він уже є у списку найближчих претендентів.
7. Його відповідь на запитання була несерйозною. 8. В цей час вона
намагалася нашвидкуруч полагодити ручку дверей. 9. Він міцно її обійняв і
відчув п’янкий аромат парфум. 10. Сара ображалася і не розмовляла з
Пітером увесь ранок. 11. Стояла жахлива спека. Вона сиділа у затінку,
обмахуючись газетою. 12. Пограбувавши касу у крамниці, необережні злодії
залишилися в місті. 13. Артур відчував докори сумління через те, що він не
сказав їй правди. 14. Це було остаточне рішення, яке не підлягало змінам. 15.
Дівчина тремтіла від хвилювання перед оголошенням результатів конкурсу.
16. ЇЇ довге густе волосся вільно спадало на плечі.

Exercise 2. Find in the recommended vocabulary list words similar in

meaning to the following:
1) tremendous, 2)miserable, 3)twisted, 4) bad-tempered, 5) thoughtless, 6)sensual,
7) accidental; 8) firmly, 9) irreversibly, 10) anyway, 11) not seriously; 12) to
shake, 13) to persuade sb, 14) to mess about with smth, 15) to be obliged, 16) to
steal from (a place), 17) to go through, 18) to embrace, 19) to repair; 20) a
meeting, 21) a labyrinth.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian (find in the context if needed):

1. The heat seemed to stab at me through it (my suit). 2. In the shop a big
woman with black hair was tinkering with the ice-cream mixer. 3. “Wade’s hotel.
No. That beats me.” 4. Somehow it seemed too good to be true. 5. A month later
we were married. My heart was simply not in it. 6. I was bound, heart and soul to

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Blanche. 7. My spirit… had gone stale and I needed rest. 8. “What’s eating you?”
9. When I did think of Hilda and the Brownsons it was like the squirt of a syphon
on to a blazing furnace. 10. All the hard-earned savings of the shop were being
boozed away by Hartman. 11. He was an oldish chap, with pepper and salt hair cut
rather short. 12. “He is nothing but a damned scoundrel,” I shouted. 13. I couldn’t
keep up with her pace. She long since outdistanced me in the matter of emotions.

Exercise 4. Find in the story as many nouns, adjectives, verbs and expressions as possible
referring to clothes. Explain their meaning. Complete the following chart:
nouns adjectives verbs expressions
a kimono loose to put on to change from… into…

Exercise 5. Supply the missing adjectives:

1) __________, __________ hint; 2) ________, ________ skirts; 3) ________,
________, ________, ________, __________, ___________, __________ heat;
4) ________, __________ hair.

Exercise 6. Choose the correct word for each space below (Consult a
dictionary if needed):
Lose/loose

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1. The whole kimono fell ______ and I could see her body. 2. Suddenly the girl
shouted ‘I can’t do it!’ and let _______. 3. Look after that money or you’ll
_______ it. 4. That screw is a bit ________. You’d better tighten it. 5. The
opposite of ‘to find’ is ‘to ______’. 6. I tied the dog to a tree but it got ________
and ran away. 7. Check that the plug has not come________. 8. The horse had
broken ________ from its tether. 9. She usually wears her hair ________. 10.
People ______ their hair as they get older.

Exercise 7. Form the compound adjectives from the words below by adding
either –stricken, or -bound. Explain the meaning of the compounds and use
them in the sentences of your own:
strike, grief, root, panic, conscience, ice, muscle, snow, horror, duty, spiral,
poverty, pot, terror, London, drought, leather, nest, wheelchair, famine, house, car,
cancer, fog, desk.

Exercise 8. Fill in the missing prepositions or adverbs. Translate the

sentences.
1. There was nothing between Hilda and me ______ kissing. 2. The girl, Blanche,
was sitting _______ the counter, fanning herself ____ the broken lid ____ a sweet-
box. 3. “Let me lean ________ you”, she said. 4. We decided _____ a flat ___
twenty-five shillings a week if we could get it. 5. It is a bondage directly inherited
_____ that first catastrophic passion ____ Blanche. 6. This morning I was ____ the
short list and Mr. Alexander Kersch, the son, was very nice ____ me. 7. I was
trembling ____ excitement as I shook hands and said goodbye. 8. …it (the
kimono) was so loose and brilliant, I couldn’t take my eyes ___ it. 9. “Lovely stuff.
Feel ___ it…” 10. The way she said it set my heart ____ fire.

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“A Shocking Accident” by Graham Greene

Recommended Vocabulary List

p. 86 a two-edged sword
to lack smth
to be at a loss for words
p. 87 to worship smb
p. 88 feel/drive smb to/do smth out of sheer/growing desperation about/at
as a last resort
p. 89 a enlarged snapshot to enlarge smth
to guard against smth
p. 90 a distinguished/celebrated/eminent/prominent/well-known/best-selling/
popular/prolific/talented/experienced/young/aspiring writer
blackmail to blackmail somebody into (doing) something
p. 91 to feel at home in/with
to fatten
to be badly in need of repair
to be keen on smth
to adore smb
p. 92 to interfere with
love for (n)
affection for (n)
to break the news to smb
to avoid (doing) smth
p. 93 irresistible amusement/temptation/chocolate desserts etc
to appease fear

Exercise 1. Review the list of words and expressions. Translate the following
sentences into English.

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1. Він добре володіє англійською мовою. 2. У кінці фільму чоловік стає
злодієм з відчаю. 3. Ви самі хочете повідомити неприємні новини, чи це
зробити мені? 4. Тобі слід збільшити цю фотографію і поставити її у рамку.
5. Бет отримав п’ятирічне ув’язнення за шантаж. 6. Стіл було вкрито
шоколадним десертом, перед якими неможливо було встояти. 7. Бену бракує
впевненості і він потребує сильної підтримки. 8. Доведені до відчаю своїми
сусідами, ми викликали поліцію. 9. Не можна шантажувати людину, якій
нічого ховати. 10. Для Джейсона це був настільки сильний шок, що він не
знав, що сказати. 11. Він описав ситуацію як критичну, але сказав, що
військові сили використовуватимуться лише у крайньому випадку. 12. Це
була розумна спроба примирити людей, однак вона призвела до протилежних
наслідків. 13. У новій квартирі я вже почуваюсь як удома. 14. Цей підручник
з граматики допомагає студентам уникнути елементарних помилок. 15. Деякі
будинки, пошкоджені землетрусом, все ще потребують ремонту. 16. Розваги
не повинні заважати роботі.

Exercise 2. Replace the italicized words and phrases with the items from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. The church badly needed repairing. 2. Drug treatment should only be
used if everything else fails. 3. Strong leadership is something that has as many
bad results as good ones. 4. How would he break it to Mary that he'd been lying to
her? 5. How much would it cost to have this photo blown up? 6. He seemed, for
once, unable to think what to say. 7. He always manages to get out of paying for
the drinks. 8. Many people now believe that a good diet can prevent cancer.

Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Pay attention to

the words and word combinations in italics. Refer to the text if necessary.
1. A misplaced sense of humour – laughing at the wrong thing, at the wrong
time, in the wrong place – can cause havoc. 2. The housemaster, Mr Wordsworth,
sat behind his desk with an appearance of perplexity and apprehension. 3. As man

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re-creates God, so Jerome re-created his father – from a restless widowed author
into a mysterious adventurer who travelled in far places – Nice, Beirut, Majorca,
even the Canaries. 4. An inexplicable convulsion took place in the nerves of Mr
Wordsworth’s face. 5. This was not callousness on the part of Jerome, as was
interpreted by Mr Wordsworth to his colleagues. 6. He still possessed an album
fitted with picture-postcards (the stamps had been soaked off long ago for his other
collection), and it pained him when his aunt embarked with strangers on the story
of his father’s death. 7. The stranger would compose his or her features into the
correct shape for interest and commiseration. 8. It was terrible for Jerome to see
how suddenly, midway in her rambling discourse, the interest would become
genuine. 9. Sometimes he rehearsed the method of recounting his father’s death so
as to reduce the comic element to its smallest dimensions – it would be of no use to
refuse information, for in that case the biographer would undoubtedly visit his
aunt, who was living to a great old age with no sign of flagging. 10. He could
imagine how his hearer’s eyes would have glazed by this time. 11. A balcony on
the fifth floor gave way under one of those pigs. 12. This was really a masterly
attempt to make an intrinsically interesting subject boring. 13. The other method
Jerome rehearsed had the virtue of brevity.

Exercise 4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs:

1. Jerome was called into his housemaster’s room …….. the break between
the second and the third class …….. a Thursday morning. 2. It occurred …….. him
that his father might have been wounded. 3. He seemed …….. a loss how to
continue. 4. What happened …….. the pig? 5. This was not callousness …….. the
part of Jerome, as it was interpreted by Mr Wordsworth …….. his colleagues. 6. It
pained him when his aunt embarked with strangers …….. the story of his father’s
death. 7. One is prepared …….. all kinds of things abroad. 8. Was your father keen
…….. polo? 9. He became engaged to be married …….. a pleasant fresh-faced
girl. 10. His love …….. the dead man increased. 11. They almost certainly had the
poor pig …….. dinner.

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“Horrors of the Road” by Fay Weldon

Recommended Vocabulary List:

p. 97 under false pretences
humiliating
p. 98 to be supposed to do smth
to go berserk
p. 99 to tend to do smth
to spend hours/time etc doing smth
p. 100 to despise smb
to be about to do smth
p. 101 to be smb’s fault
to overreact to smth
to gorge oneself (on something)
p. 102 to keep doing smth
to giggle
to make lightning decisions
p. 103 to trust smb implicitly
to have a gift for smth
p. 104 to spy smth
to shriek
to break the rule
p. 105 funny silence/feeling/smell
to make a difference
to have a love-hate relationship with
to go holidaying
to fetch smth

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Exercise 1. Review the list of words and expressions. Translate the following
sentences into English.
1. Мені довелося перед усіма просити пробачення. Це було дуже
принизливо. 2. Сандра схильна приймати блискавичні рішення. 3. Чи не
могли б ви принести крейду? 4. Джеф заманив мене сюди обманом. Не слід
було так беззастережно йому довіряти. 5. У мене було дивне відчуття, що
щось має трапитись. 6. Барбара збирався йти, коли я прийшов. 7. Марта,
бувало, годинами сиділа біля вікна і дивилась у далечінь. 8. У них любов-
ненависть. 9. Колін завжди занадто різко реагує на критику. 10. До його
обов’язків входить миття посуду. 11. Майкл розшаленів, коли дізнався
правду. 12. Наша команда програла, але це була не моя вина. 13. Не слід
зневажати людей, чия заробітна платня не є такою ж високою, як твоя. 14.
Менді все продовжувала хихикати, і це починало мене дратувати. 15. З’ївши
величезну канапку, я не міг більше й дивитися на їжу. 16. У нього є здібності
до мов.

Exercise 2. Replace the italicized words and phrases with the items from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. She pretended not to hear, and continued walking. 2. She started behaving in an
extremely wild way and began shouting at everybody on the platform. 3. Who is to
blame? 4. You can call and complain, but I don't think it will have any noticeable
effect on a situation. 5. "Keep away from me!" she screamed. 6. You always react
to criticism with too much emotion. 7. If you disobey the rules you will be
punished. 8. We were just on the point of leaving when Jerry arrived. 9. We stuffed
ourselves on ripe plums. 10. We used to go on holiday in Scotland when we were
kids.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the words and word
combinations in italics. Refer to the text if necessary.

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1. I said he should go, and come back when the session was up: that I’d be
perfectly all right but he likes to be at hand in case anything happens. 2. I’m the
last person in the world to be a nuisance! 3. He’s in his mid-fifties. 4. I thought you
weren’t supposed to ask questions. 5. It’s glamorous and exciting. 6. To celebrate
we were going to do a tour of France. 7. … that meant more work for me, not that
I grudged it: a change of venue for cooking. 8. …it means the driver’s bound to
forget and go round roundabouts the wrong way. 9. I’d break off bread from the
loaf for her, but still she grizzled. 10. I’d look sideways at a passing car and the
driver would be staring at us, screwing his thumb into his head, or pretending to
slit his throat with his finger. 11. We had one or two nasty misses through no fault
of our own. 12. Piers always knew how to get the best out of waiters and chefs.
He’d go right through the menu with the waiter, asking him to explain each dish.
13. Standards have to be maintained. 14. He’s got rather short-sighted over the
years: he has to use a magnifying glass. 15. Piers sips and raises his eyebrows and
shakes his head, and then hostility dawns in the shopkeeper’s eye, and then
boredom, and then I almost think something which borders on derision. 16. He
never looked in his mirror – there was no point, since it was always adjusted to
show the car roof. 17. What are you after? 18. I can make up my mind in a flash
what I want to eat: Piers takes ages. 19. You want me to scream out tension and
rage and terror and horror.

Exercise 4. Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs:

1. I don’t believe _____ psychotherapy. 2. I’m a great mystery _____ the doctors.
3. I have a degree ______ Economics myself. 4. I stayed home to devote myself
____ Piers and the children. 5. I must explain myself ______ myself! 6. I miss
those summer scenes: the cars lined up _____ dusk or dawn waiting _____ the
ferry home: sunburned families, careless and exhausted after weeks _____ the sun.
7. We were setting _____ _____ Weymouth. 8. He’ll test every single one _____
display. 9. I remember it once ending _____ with people having to move their tents
_____ ten _____ the evening to make proper room _____ ours. 10. _____ four you

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could always rely _____ Fanny to start crying. 11. He’d go right _____ the menu
with the waiter, asking him to explain each dish. 12. He would send _____ the chef
and ask him.

“Ming’s Biggest Prey” by Patricia Highsmith

Recommended Vocabulary List

p.109 to pine
domesticity (domestic)
p.110 prey
to have / to take a siesta
slant(ing, -ed) eyes
p.111 to sit on the lap
to stroke
p.112 to take / to have a nap
to stagger
p.114 to crouch with one’s feet tucked in
to come to a halt
to twitch back (the ears)
involuntarily
to prickle
hind legs
to hunch
p.115 to be alert against
p.116 to arch one’s back
to dig the claws into the carpet
p.117 to ruffle the fur/ hair/ feathers
p.118 to rub oneself against one’s bare leg
en route

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to elude smb
p.119 to limp

Exercise 1. Translate into English, using the recommended vocabulary list.

1. На цій території олені – легка здобич для левів. 2. Усю дорогу
додому собака кульгав на задню лапу. 3. Він легко штовхнув її, і вона
похитнулась назад. 4. Вона не довго тужила після смерті чоловіка. 5.
Дівчинка гладила кішку, яка сиділа в неї на колінах. 6. Кіт вп’явся кігтями у
килим, вигнувся дугою і засичав. 7. Як добре подрімати після обіду. 8. Його
вуса кололи, коли він цілував її. 9. Деякий час він ішов, похитуючись, доки,
сповільнюючи крок, не зупинився і присів. 10. Не сутулься за столом.

Exercise 2. Paraphrase using words from the recommended vocabulary list.

1. It was so hot that people mostly stayed indoors in the afternoon and had a
sleep. 2. She liked my cat. Whenever she came she used to move her hand gently
and slowly over the animal’s fur. 3. The horse reared up on its back legs. 4. Two
men sat with their back and shoulders curved forwards over a small table playing
chess. 5. Don't rumple the tablecloth - I have just ironed it. 6. The bus broke down
on the way from Boston to New York. 7. The two men managed to escape from the
police for six weeks. 8. Please remain seated until the aircraft has landed. 9. As I
turned around, I accidentally hit him in the face. 10. He tottered home, drunk. 11.
His new wool trousers felt uncomfortable on his legs. 12. He picked up his bag and
walked with difficulty because of an injured foot back to the road. 13. Animals had
been moving their bodies backwards and forwards pressing them against the trees.
14.Jim raised by curving an eyebrow in surprise. 15. Police are warning the public
to be on the alert for suspicious packages. 16. She was very sad for months after
he’d gone. 17. The cats watched each other, their tails making sudden quick
movements. 18. An atmosphere of happy family life was felt there. 19. He sat with
his legs hidden under him. 20. The baby always has an afternoon short sleep.

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Exercise 3. Translate the following sentences. Explain words and phrases in
italics:
1. Ming half dozed, feeling the heat of the sun sink into his fur. 2. …he had
to squirm and fight to get free… 3. ‘Ming! Elaine came over to him. ‘Aren’t you
getting cooked, darling? I thought you were in!’ (p. 112). 4. She picked him up
gently, cradled him in her arms, and took him below into the suddenly cool shade
of the cabin. 5. Ming did feel addled by the heat, and he staggered a little. 6.…
soon there was another plash and plop, Teddie’s wet feet on the deck, and Ming
was awake again. 7. The tone of quarreling recommenced. 8. Ming … let his
tongue slide a little way out of his mouth. 8. The man started to say something,
looked as if wanted to hurl the wadded towel at Ming, but he wavered… 9. Ming
was on his feet at once, darting straight towards the man, which was the only
direction of safety on the rail-less deck, and the man swung his left arm and cuffed
Ming in the chest. 10. The man had knelt as if to lend a hand. 11. ‘He fell
overboard!’ Teddie said. ‘It’s true, he’s groggy. Just lurched over and fell when
the boat gave a dip.’ 12. Elaine had Ming on the bunk and was talking softly to
him. 13. …Ming gave a low growl that rose and fell and rumbled deep in his
throat. 14. He stamped his foot, not very hard, to make the cat go away. 15. Ming,
without much difficulty, conveyed his preference for pork, and got it. He fell to
with a good appetite. 16. Concha was exclaiming ‘Ah-eee-ee!’ as his mistress
spoke with her, spoke at length. 17. Elaine was sitting sideways at the end of the
table. 18. She slapped her thigh, and Ming jumped on to her lap. 19. …the man
wanted to drive him through one of the grilles, or grab him and toss him over the
terrace parapet. 20. The man started down the steps after him. 21. Ming leapt to a
terrace parapet, sat down and licked a paw once to recover and collect himself. 22.
…he heard the thud of the man hitting the ground. 23. He heard her draw in her
breath (p. 120). 24. Ming … curled against the slope of the pillows, and fell fast
asleep. 25. She began to unbutton her shirt, but before she had finished, she flung
herself on the bad and stroked Ming’s head…

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Exercise 4. Fill in the correct derivative from the word in brackets:
1. The hunting instincts of the jungle may be diminished by ________
(domestic). 2. Ming’s blue eyes _________ (wide) in shock. 3. Ming had perfect
_________ (free) to wander out into the patio behind the shop. 4. The man
sometimes pretended ________(fond) for him. 5. ________ (hate) ran in his veins.
6. Cats are usually less _________(demonstrate) and more ________(depend). 7.
Ming had to ________ (breath) fast. 8. Ming thought he fancied
_________(barbecue) pork. 9. Elaine’s _________ (sandal) feet were beside Ming.
10. Ming moved gracefully but ________(mistake) in another direction.

Exercise 5. Find in the story as many words and phrases as possible

pertaining to 1) behaviour and movements (Are all of them used to describe a
cat?);
2) sounds (onomatopoeic words);
3) feelings and emotions, character.
Add your own words and expressions.

Exercise 6. Match the sounds below with the things that produce them:
birds purr
cats groan
an engine rattle
a man splash
a necklace twitter
branches clink
water chug
a bottle crackle

Exercise 7. Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs:

1. In fact, Ming had just lunched _____ delicious grilled fish and a bit of
lobster. 2. Ming opened his mouth ____ a great yawn. 3. A water-skier went

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_____, skimming _____ white spray _____ him. 4. Ming was from New York, and
he considered Acapulco a great improvement _____ his environment. 5. …he
decided to save his strength, so he crouched ____ the warm, gently sloping deck
____ his feet tucked _____, and gazed ___ the approaching shore. 6. The man
advanced to shove a foot ______ Ming’s paws. 7. …there was also the reassuring
voice ____ Elaine warning them ____. 8. Now the tone ___ which Elaine and
Teddie were speaking was calmer, softer. 9. The man reached _____ to put his
fingers ____ Ming’s back. 10. Ming dozed, and awakened ____ the sound of
voices ____ the terrace a couple of yards ______, _______ the open glass doors.
11. Now the terrace was empty ____ people. 12. He fell ____ (pork) _____ a good
appetite. 13. Concha was exclaiming ‘Ah-eee-ee!’ as his mistress spoke with her,
spoke _____ length. 14. Concha bent to stroke him, and Ming put ____ _____ it.
15. Then he rubbed himself ______ her bare leg ____ way ____ thanks.

“The Children” by John Morison

Recommended Vocabulary List

p.124 a flick (in a flick of an eye = in a blink of an eye, in a flash, in a heartbeat, in
an instant, in a jiffy, in a split second, in a twinkling, in a wink, in a New York
minute)
the die is cast
bloodshot eyes
to scar (fire-scarred clothes)
to be etched on one’s face
p.125 blistered
to squint
dexterity
to char
to singe

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a crust
p.126 stark chimney stacks
platitudinous
p.127 to wheel
a crest
to glint
morbid
vehemently
timber
a paddock
with a rush
a bloke
p.128 a leg of the fire
p.129 to cremate the lot
to restrain oneself
to top it all
p.130 debris-littered
a hunted face

Exercise 1. Translate into English, using the recommended vocabulary list:

1. На додачу вона залишила мене з величезними боргами. 2. Рішення
було прийнято миттєво. 3. На її обличчі була закарбована втома. 4. Жереб
кинуто, і вороття назад немає. 5. Через брак сну його очі були налиті кров’ю.
6. Чоловік скоса глянув на журналіста, і той утримався від запитань. 7.
Частина полум’я прямувала в бік школи. 8. Обсмалені брови, налиті кров’ю
очі, обпечене лице, пошматований полум’ям одяг, обвуглені черевики, –
сліди пожежі були скрізь. 9. Його слова вибачення звучали банально та
нещиро. 10. Сонце виблискувало на вітрині магазину. 11. Її налякане
обличчя мало нездоровий вигляд.

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Exercise 2. Give equivalents from the recommended vocabulary list for the
following:
1) a sudden quick movement, 2) to leave a mark on the skin, 3) to look askance,
4) skillfulness, 5) burnt (2 words), 6) a hard coating, 7) banal, 8) the top part of
smth, 9) gloomy, detestable, 10) fervently, 11) wood, lumber, 12) field or area of
land that has fences around it, 12) a man (informal), 13) hastily, swiftly, 14) a
branch, a part, 15) to give small bright flashes of reflected light, 16) frightened,
worried, 17) rubbish, ruins, 18) to make it worse, 19) to turn, 20) to hold back,
21) to be engraved, 22) covered with swellings, 23) to reduce to ashes.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian (find the context if needed):

1. He was a basic wage earner all his life and wrote in his spare time, using
his work experience in the bush as background for his stories. 2. …when the die is
cast there is no turning back. 3. His lifetime’s burden is now etched on his face…
4. … the dailies never tell a straight story. 5. ‘…there might be something that
hasn’t come out yet.’ 6. The marks of fire were all over him. Charred boots,
burned patches on his clothes, singed eyebrows, blistered face and hands, little
crusts all over his hat where sparks had fallen. 7. I could think of nothing to say
which wouldn’t sound offensively platitudinous. 8. He was looking away from me
now, frowning and withdrawn, in the way of a man living something all over
again, something he can’t leave alone. 9. ‘How did it come to be you?’ 10. ‘That’s
about the size of it,’ he assented gloomily. 11. ‘Nut it out for yourself.’ 12. ‘The
way it worked out you’d think somebody had laid a trap for me.’ 13. A bloke just
above the creek had a lot of fern and blackberry cut, all ready for burning off. 14.
He had a truck flat out and headed for Wanga. 15. And to top it all off my own
place got missed!

Exercise 4. Study the synonyms of the word to burn:

burn / char / blacken / scald / scorch / singe
These words all mean to damage, injure, destroy or kill smb/smth with heat or fire.

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To burn to damage, injure, destroy or kill smb/smth with fire, heat or acid; to be
damaged, etc. by fire, heat or acid: She burned all his letters. The house burned
down in 1995.
To char [usually passive] to make smth black by burning it; to become black by
burning: The bodies had been charred beyond recognition.
To blacken [often passive] to make smth black: There was a row of brick houses,
blackened by smoke.
Char or blacken?
Things that are charred have been burnt. Things can be blackened by fire or
just by smoke, or by smth else entirely.
To scald to burn part of your body with very hot liquid or steam.
To scorch to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot: I scorched
my dress when I was ironing it.
To singe to burn the surface of smth slightly, usually by mistake; to be burnt in this
way: He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette.
Scorch or singe?
Things are scorched by heat or fire. Things can only be singed by fire or a flame.
to burn / scald yourself / your hand
to burn / scorch / singe your hair / clothes
burned out / charred / blackened / scorched remains / ruins / buildings
charred / blackened / scorched bodies / flesh / wood / paper
Make up your own sentences with the words above.

Exercise 5. Underline the correct word. Explain the difference in the meaning.
1. They live miles off the beaten truck / track.
2. A truck / track ran out of control on the hill.
3. A spark / stark from the fire had set light to a rug.
4. The remains of the building stand as a spark / stark reminder of the fire.
5. The surfers rode the crest / crust of the wave.
6. You know there can't be crest / crust without crumb.

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7. I left early to avoid the rash / rush hour.
8. ‘There’s no rash / rush. - Take your time.’
9. I woke up covered in a rash / rush.
10. His face was etched / itched with tiredness.
11. Does the rash/rush etch/itch?
12. She singed / sang the baby to sleep.
13. ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die / dye’.
14. Wash the die / dye out with shampoo.
15. Her brother was born / burn blind.
16. The fire was allowed to born / burn unchecked.
17. She was lying / laying on the beach.
18. The floor was laid / lain with newspaper.
29. Please don’t flick ash /ashes on the carpet!
20. The town was reduced to ash / ashes in the fire.
21. John managed to restrain / refrain his anger.
22. Please restrain / refrain from smoking here.

Exercise 6. Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs:

1. ‘We thought there might be something more ______ it.’ 2. Through the
drifting haze of smoke we could make _____ the little heap of ruins. 3. I was the
one it happened ____, that’s all. 4. He would see the answer ____ my face. 5. She
(my wife) ran ____ _____ the truck as I stopped, shouting and pointing ______
me. 6. A bloke just _____ the creek had a lot of fern and blackberry cut, all ready
for burning ____. 7. ‘I’d have gone_______, though, just the same, if it hadn’t
been ____ the wife.’ 8. He turned to me as I got near, his bloodshot eyes squinting
____ me ____ frank hostility. 9. ‘Nut it ____ for yourself,’ he appealed. 10. I saw a
woman with children ____ her skirts.

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“Mabel” by William Somerset Maugham

Recommended Vocabulary List

p. 134 to make oneself at home
a decent chap
to chat
to address smb as
to fret
to give a little chuckle
to be mistaken
p. 135 to change one’s clothes
remarkable
hospitable
to pace the floor/room etc
p. 136 to have the nerve
to take the hint
p. 137 nerve-racking
to be out of the question
to take a risk
to breathe/give/heave/let out a sigh of relief
p. 138 strenuous
to fling the door open
to be petrified of smth/with fear

Exercise 1. Review the list of words and expressions. Translate the following
sentences into English.
1. Почекай, будь ласка, поки я переодягнуся. 2. Ми всі зітхнули з
полегшенням, коли почули, що діти у безпеці. 3. Очікування результатів
тестування було дещо нервозним. 4. У них не вистачало сміливості діяти. 5.
Сідай і почувайся, як удома. 6. Він чудовий чоловік. 7. Ми заціпеніли від

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жаху, коли побачили зброю. 8. Я йому натякнув, що мене не цікавить його
пропозиція, але він не зрозумів мого натяку. 9. Якщо я не помиляюсь, ми
купили цей килим у Туреччині. 10. Всі, кого я зустрічав у своїх подорожах,
були гостинними людьми. 11. Не тривожся. Все буде добре. 12. Ти не можеш
іти на вулицю у брудних черевиках. Про це й мови бути не може. 13. Ми з
Джоном сиділи до ранку й говорили про життя. 14. Я знав, що ми ризикуємо
позичаючи йому гроші. 15. Він не міг знайти собі місця і вимірював кроками
кімнату. 16. Саймон переглядав старі фотографії, посміюючись від часу до
часу, коли згадував щось веселе зі свого минулого. 17. Його чекав іще один
напружений день.

Exercise 2. Replace the italicized words and phrases with the items from the
recommended vocabulary list:
1. The doctor advised Ken to avoid any exercise that needed a lot of effort or
strength. 2. The majority of residents here are citizens that follow moral standards
that are acceptable to society. 3. Coulter chuckled and shook his head. 4. I thought
it was an accident, but I was wrong. 5. The girls were sitting on the steps, talking
in a friendly and informal way about unimportant things. 6. Selkirk opened the
door roughly, using a lot of force. 7. The local people were very friendly,
welcoming, and generous to visitors.

Exercise 3. Translate into Ukrainian. Pay attention to the words and word
combinations in italics. Refer to the text if necessary.
1. She’s having no end of a time. 2. That’s easier said than done. 3. He
mopes so terribly since his wife went home. 4. But one difficulty cropped up after
another. 5. His nerve failed him. 6. He had forgotten what she was like. 7. He felt a
terrible sinking in the pit of his stomach and his knees began to wobble. 8. George
was seized with the courage of despair. 9. They were enough to make him break
into a cold sweat. 10. The road was infested with brigands. 11. ‘Hullo, Mabel,’ he
faltered. 12. You haven’t altered at all.

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Exercise 4. Fill in the correct prepositions or adverbs:
1. It must be very pleasant for her to know that her husband is as devoted to
her as all that. 2. They became engaged when he was home on leave. 3. He made
all arrangements for the marriage, which was to take place on the day of her
arrival. 4. On the morning on which the ship was due he borrowed a motor-car and
drove along to the dock. 5. I have been suddenly called away on business. 6. When
he arrived at Singapore he found a cable waiting for him. 7. She would have no
difficulty in finding out that he had gone to Bangkok. 8. It would never occur to
her that he had gone there. 9. From those walls at sunset you could see the snowy
mountains of Tibet.

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